The agreement with Barriertec is the latest step in Stahl's strategy to strengthen its packaging coatings offering, with a focus on providing high-quality, sustainable solutions to printing and packaging customers.
With the motto “Let’s celebrate,” Siegwerk dedicates 2024 to the past 200 years of the company’s evolution as a family owned business with its roots in Siegburg, Germany, to a leading international inks and coatings manufacturer in its sixth generation.
The company’s approach to the bisphenol transition of metal cans prioritizes consumer safety and sustainability with responsible material substitutions, while taking care to limit disruption to the value chain.
This state-of-the-art production and R&D site is the result of a $7 million investment. The new managing director has over 25 years on industry experience.
Diofan PVDC coatings are widely used in pharmaceutical blister packaging to protect sensitive solid-dose drug preparations as well as in the packaging of delicate food and similar other consumer goods.
According to the announcement, the two will work in tandem to drive their individual regions’ and PPG’s overall technical strategy for packaging coatings to ensure regulatory compliance, and continued research and advancement.
Siegwerk joined the initiative with a commitment letter in 2022, and has set near- and long-term company-wide emission reductions in line with science-based net-zero with the SBTi.
In an era marked by an increasing emphasis on sustainability and eco-friendliness, the coatings industry is undergoing a transformative shift. According to Global Market Insights, the spotlight is now on biopolymer coatings, a burgeoning segment that is projected to shape the future of coatings applications.
The new Ohio facility provides advanced capabilities for the company’s next generation Accelshield™ packaging coatings, connecting innovation and research and development with trials and production.